Hitchcock Chronology: Statue of Liberty

August

20th - Having earlier persuaded David O. Selznick to allow him to base his next film on an original story, Hitchcock submits a 134-page manuscript titled "Untitled Original Treatment by Alfred Hitchcock and Joan Harrison". The story involves an act of sabotage at an airplane factory, a cross-country chase, an explosion at a newly opened dam, and a villain falling from the Statue of Liberty. After further development on the screenplay, Selznick decides to let Hitchcock make the film for another studio and a deal is struck with Universal.^[1]

December

12th-13th - John P. Fulton spends 2 days in New York City with a second unit shooting footage and background plates of the Statue of Liberty for Saboteur. However, strong winds mean that the top of the statue moves around too much for the footage to be used in the final film and a matte paintings are used instead.^[2]
15th - Second unit footage of the ferry trip to Bedloe Island and the Statue of Liberty is shot. A double stands in for Priscilla Lane but Norman Lloyd is in New York City and takes part in the filming. The sequence is supposed to take place on a sunny spring day, so extras have to wear light summer clothes despite the bitterly cold weather.^[3]

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